Saturday 10 December 2011

Here I am tucked up in bed very early on a Saturday morning. I have the radio on, my dog Fudge on the end of the bed, my lappy and coffee by my side. This is blissful in my world. Simple pleasures are really what makes me happy.
I thought I would write a little potted history to fill in the gaps where Yogi's Journey ended and Fiona's Journey began. Soooooo...... here goes...

Since that incredibly difficult year that Yogi and Mum were so ill with their cancers, much has changed in my life. Yogi died in February 2008 and left a huge hole. Coping with my Mums illness also took it out of me leaving me with a serious depression and a realisation that I was more dependent on alcohol than was good for any person. Fast forward to July 2008, I took my last drink and sought help for some of my issues in the form of counselling and anti depressants. This was my first huge life change. In 2009 I was made redundant from the bank where I had worked for 13 years, and in 2010 I lost my mum to cancer. 2011 has seen me questioning my life and relationships and having an urge to make huge changes to the way I live. In between, I have completed a university course, worked in the mental health field and then returned to an office based career but in a role that I have never done before. All big changes bringing their own joys and challenges.
Sometimes I think my life is boring, looking back I realise that nothing could be further from the truth.

Thursday 8 December 2011

OK, where do I start? .....Right here I suppose.

I have decided to start blogging again a a bit of a tool to track some pretty big changes that are happening in my life right now. In fact, over the last three years my life has changed dramatically and I want to keep an eye on my feelings, my motives, my challenges and my successes and or not - so - successes. (I don't like the word failure)

I started a blog in 2007 when my beautiful dog Yogi was diagnosed with lymphoma. I wanted to chart the last part of his life and the upshot was how cathartic it became. To be able to write about my feelings and release them into cyberspace, sometimes getting comments and support from complete strangers was a wonderful feeling.

So here I am again. Am I looking for something? Possibly. What is it? Who knows..... Lets see where this takes me.